I dust myself off and take her hand as she lifts me up.
“I can’t help it; I love to play.”
She shakes her head, sending blond ringlets flying, and leans in. “Your alphas are waiting.”
I can’t stop the excitement I get every time I think of them. It’s always like that.
“If they can catch me, they can keep me,” I say to her with a wink.
I pull the wolf side to the front and give her a big wolfie grin before I let out a challenging howl that is answered by wolves everywhere.
When I hear my brother and father howl, I almost go home, but something is pulling me. I need to go out today.
I wait, my ears flicking, until I hear a howl that makes me shiver, one that makes me squirm and want to lay down on my belly and scent mark him until the alpha knows he’s mine.
I let out another long call directly to him and to my other mate who will be listening.
Then I turn and run.
My paws fly over the ground, taking me to places I have travelled and then to places I haven’t.
The landscape changes, and I can just see the ancient ruins of a city that used to exist here. It’s buried in a forest so thick and deep that it’s almost gone.
I slow to a walk, looking around at the thick forest and dense vegetation. Animals I have never seen before flee ahead of me.
My alpha slams into me, crushing me to the ground. I shift and roll onto my back, looking up into Jarek’s amused green eyes.
“Caught you.”
I bite my lower lip. “You always do.”
He leans down and slowly takes possession of my lips. Memories of kissing him while stars fall flash through my head, but I push it aside. I don’t want to look at dreams; I want what’s right in front of me.
His hands rove over my body, leaving me molten.
“Enough, Jarek,” Mordecai says.
As quickly as Jarek appeared, he’s gone, and I’m in Mordecai’s arms. He lifts me off my feet and growls in my ear, which never fails to turn me on.
“What are you doing out here? We’re not supposed to be this far out.”
I shrug. “I felt like I needed to be here.”
Mordecai lets me slide down his body. “The dreams again?”
“Yeah, I keep dreaming about this city and the war. You know the one they tell us about in class? The alphas and omegas dying, but I see it. Monsters and a massive destroyed city. Everyone I know dies over and over.” I turn away, but Mordecai grabs me and pulls me into his arms.
“Don’t turn away, Kaida. I believe you; I just want to help you. You’ve been over it a thousand times. It’s all there. We won.”
“You do help me, Cai. Just being here, being you.” I pause. “There’s something missing. Something we forgot.”
Mordecai’s brows lower, and he puts his hands on my shoulders. “I don’t know what it is, Kaida, but I’m worried you’ll get hurt if you keep looking.”
I glance at Jarek. He’s got his bottom lip between his teeth, when he spots me, he shrugs. “I think we should try to find the answers. I can’t stand seeing you cry, Kaida, you break my heart.”
“Please?” I whisper. “I need to find what I’ve forgotten.”
His mouth slams up against mine, and I cling to his shoulders as he lifts me up. Pulling my thigh up around his hip.
